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    Switching to new PC and STRUGGLING....

    I leave just a very small space at the end, but yes everything must total less than the total drive capacity. That's usually where the pie chart comes in as the most helpful as you can see all the individual allocations. Also, didn't notice if it was the case in your case, but the drive you're...
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    Recommendation for a camera with great night view

    Might have changed a bit, from the Thinkware website: https://thinkwaredashcam.eu/dash-cam-legality-in-germany/
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    BI 6.0.4.8 Install Failing

    If you think it's a Windows problem, run DISM commands to repair system files. That might be your best chance. Otherwise in the absence of a full system back up prior to installtion (do you have backup software or Windows Restore on?), you're looking at a clean installation of Windows & days...
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    Recommendation for a camera with great night view

    There are drawbacks to a dashcam. You could disguise it. Put a cover over with a hole in it and hide the lens behind the hole etc. I really think it's your best solution. BTW I don't think bike cams are easily removed. I think they're usually on brackets fastened using Allen keys. Vandalism...
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    Recommendation for a camera with great night view

    You have almost zero chance of identifying them from that height no matter how good the camera. As you can see you look down on the top of their heads, no camera, no matter how good will change that. You're only hope is they look up. The best camera for night colour is the 4kt but it has it's...
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    1/1.2" 8MP Varifocal

    Haha. I'm hardly an expert and I'm quite sure they have their own experts who've calculated it all precisely and made decisions as to where compromise, if any, needs to be made. My point is not to rubbish anyone or anything, but simply to point out that compromises has to be made with existing...
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    Get a dashcam. Period!

    UK had to restrict it's Motability scheme for disabled drivers after car companies started pushing high powered electric vehicles onto disabled drivers (all manufacturers face a fine for every non electric vehicle they sell, & garages earn more by selling more expensive models). So garages under...
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    Get a dashcam. Period!

    That's an accident waiting to happen assuming it's not AI generated. Look at how little rubber contact there is with the road. Those wide tyres just became bicycle wheels.
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    anyone willing to share settings for IPC-TPC124XB-AI-S2 1/2.7'' CMOS 4MP Thermal Network Mini Hybrid Bullet Camera?

    A good palce to start would be the universally recommended setting suggested in the wiki. Noting straight away here, you will struggle to get a good picture at night with that size (1/2.7" @ 4mp) of sensor.
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    Caught someone on my roof with my ptz cam

    Stirkes me some razor wire (if legal in your jurisdiction is needed). A far happier call to the PD would be there's a guy on my roof entangled in the rolls of razor wire. Can you please send someone to extracate and arrest him.
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    1/1.2" 8MP Varifocal

    Slowest shutter I ever run is 6ms = around 1/160th and I prefer 4ms = 1/250th which is what I run most cameras at. I found anything less and you can get blur even though in theory a slower shutter (1/125) should still freeze most motion. Compression probably has a hand somewhere. Whilst it may...
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    1/1.2" 8MP Varifocal

    The problem is big names sell to consumers (look at celebrity brands), and AI is the biggest name atm. I'm guessing manufacturers see bigger profits on less capable sensors which are then "boosted" by AI. There's no getting away from the fact size wins. No better example still than the Sony...
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    1/1.2" 8MP Varifocal

    You can see straight away it appears to have too much gain and too slow a shutter. In areas before the picture ghosts you can already see the gain noise as the camera struggles to cope with the motion. I don't know if Ubiquiti make the figures for gain / shutter viewable, but it would be...
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    1/1.2" 8MP Varifocal

    So the cost problem is AI chips? Even more reason why Dahua shouldn't be using it! In my opinion, it's shown no massive improvements beyond a small improvement to noise in largely motionless images and better adjustment of some picture parameters. Surely the way forward is to shelve AI in all...
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    1/1.2" 8MP Varifocal

    I still believe the only way forward for the industry is go large. Ai simply caanot make up or light gathering ability. I'm, also puzzled why the CCTV industry seems so badly affected as the camera industry doesn't seem to have suffered big rises. GoPro's have never been cheaper...
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